Raptor Education Group Executive Director Marge Gibson shows a red-tailed hawk to a crowd during the second annual Wings Over Wausau at the Great Hall in 2011.

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Katie Hoffman
Daily Herald Media

A bird-rescue and education organization has created a new calendar to raise money and support its cause.

The Raptor Education Group Inc. has published a 2014 calendar featuring photos of its stars - the birds for which it cares. Founded by Marge Gibson in 1990, REGI is dedicated to the rehabilitation of injured birds and offers educational programming about wildlife for the public.

Gibson said people always ask to take pictures of the birds during events, but federal laws restrict the public from interacting with the birds. She said the calendar gives people a chance to see those birds. ...